Converged Online Billing Method and System

Abstract

The embodiment of the present invention discloses a converged online charging method and system, wherein the method includes: the user switches from the first network to the second network, and the service identification gateway sends the online charging system the user's first The usage quota and the new network access type information after the user switches to the second network; the online billing system charges the user according to the first charging method and the first usage quota, and obtains the second network access type corresponding to the new network access type information. Two charging methods; the online charging system issues the second charging method information and the second quota information to the service identification gateway; the service identification gateway monitors the usage quota based on the second quota information in the second charging method , and report the second usage quota of the user in the second network to the online charging system; the online charging system charges the user according to the second charging method and the second usage quota. The embodiment of the present invention can meet actual business requirements and avoid user billing errors.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to communication technology, in particular to an integrated online charging method and system. Background technique [0002] Service billing, also known as content billing in the industry, is through a content identification gateway with Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), for example, a general packet radio service gateway support node (Gateway GPRSSupport Node, GGSN), content billing Gateway (Content Charging Gateway, CCG), policy and charging enforcement function (Policy And Charging Enforcement Function, PCEF), packet data network gateway (PacketData Network Gateway, PGW), to analyze user uplink and downlink Internet Protocol (IP) packets It clusters statistics according to the configured business matching rules, reports the statistical results to the billing system, and the billing system performs differentiated pricing according to the business category, a new billing mode. The statistical results include information such as the ...

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Problems solved by technology

[0006] When a user seamlessly switches from one network to another, the service identification gateway and the online charging system do not have the capability to implement compatible simultaneous operation or switching of service charging and bearer charging according to the user's network access type, which cannot support Business operation requirements in the case of multiple networks, for example, 3G networks are billed according to business traffic, WLAN networks are billed according to the length of time users spend online, and users can only be billed according to business traffic after seamlessly switching from 3G networks to WiFi networks. It cannot be billed according to the bearer duration, which cannot meet the actual business needs, resulting in user billing errors

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